Difco Side Dump Car
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Side
Dump cars are a very versatile class of railroad car, designed to
deposit their load to either side of the tracks, rather than between
the rails like a ballast hopper.
This feature is utilized by the railroads in maintenance-of-way
roles for rapidly building
up fills and cuts with stone, rip-rap or soil as well as for depositing
ballast. Side dump cars are also used in revenue service hauling
ore, limestone, gravel, and coal, in industrial settings hauling
waste or recycling materials, and in mining operations.
Their low sides enable easy loading of material, and their rapid
discharge rates – some less than 10 seconds – and ability
to take a lot of abuse have earned them the nickname of a “dump
truck on rails”.
The Atlas DIFCO (Differential Steel Car Company) side dump car is
modeled after the air-activated, all-welded construction, 50 cubic
yard car which has been a familiar fixture on the rails both in
the US and abroad from the late 1960s through today, and features
prototypically accurate scale dimensions, roller bearing trucks,
and knuckle couplers.
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